The increasing complexity of cyber threats poses a serious challenge to our global digital ecosystem. Securing critical infrastructure and defending individuals from phishing, ransomware, and other malicious activities requires collaborative solutions beyond national borders. We draw your attention to the vital contributions of nonprofit organizations to global cybersecurity. They provide essential tools and services, most often at no cost to the user, benefiting diverse actors, including critical infrastructure operators and underserved populations.

Over the past year, and with the support of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the European Union Institute for Security Studies, Common Good Cyber conducted a review of the cybersecurity tools, services, and platforms deployed in the public interest to secure networks, empower Internet users, and increase resilience across sectors. Out of the 334 solutions identified, 162 are maintained by nonprofit organisations. A presentation of these solutions is presented on Monday 17 February 2025 at the United Nations Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021–2025 (OEWG).